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Protect Your NJ Mortgage from Contract to Close

NJ Real Estate Wire How NOT to Mess Up Your NJ Mortgage

From Contract to Close: How NOT to Mess Up Your NJ Mortgage

First time home buyers in New Jersey need this list of do's and don'ts to protect their mortgage prior to closing. Sometimes what appears to be innocent can create havoc on the mortgage process.

Sellers will not accept an offer in NJ these days without a preapproval from a lender. Once an offer is accepted, follow this advice to Protect Your Mortgage.

In this environment, it is important to adhere to the following guidelines in New Jersey in order for your mortgage company to maintain your mortgage until closing:

  1. Keep in Touch with your Mortgage Banker: Make them aware of any significant changes in income, assets or employment
  2. Keep your Mortgage Banker informed:Let them know everything so they can preserve your transaction
  3. Don't make any large deposits into the bank without telling your Mortgage Banker
  4. Keep Your Job: Quitting your job or getting fired when you are trying to buy a house in NJ is a No-No
  5. No Big Ticket Purchases That Will End Up on Your Credit Report
  6. Sell Your Current Home Before Buying the Next One
  7. Don't Move: If you are planning to move residences before you close on a mortgage you MUST tell your Mortgage Banker
  8. Raises and Bonuses are OK
  9. Do Not Apply Elsewhere: If you plan to apply for more than one mortgage you should tell your Mortgage Banker
  10. Shop for Homeowner's Insurance: Getting a good rate on Homeowner's Insurance is a must

For the complete list of Do's and Don'ts visit NJRealEstateWire

Five Easy Steps to Set Up NJ Home Network

Computer Network in NJ HomeOne of the first questions I am asked after homeowners close on their new home along the Midtown Direct Train line is "How do we set up our home network?" and "Who do you know that can help us out?"

Here are five tips to consider when setting up a simple home network:

Here are five tips to consider when setting up a simple home network:

1) Get wired-wireless networks are convenient, reasonably priced, and fairly easy to set up for basic operation.

2) Stay cheap-if you have multiple PCs to network or a laptop to move around the house, wireless might be the best option.

3) Secure your Wireless - many wireless networks get shared with neighbors and strangers because homeowners don't make them secure. Secure your network, it's not worth the trouble.

4) Backup your data - There is nothing worse than knowing your pc was working one moment and not knowing what happened the next.

5) Lock it down-while a router can control who connects to a network, security software adds needed protection for any home network. Be sure your Virus Protection is running the current years software.

For the full story visit NJ Real Estate Wire or call Perri K. Feldman @ 973.650.4727

Short Hills Donate Eye Glasses to New Eyes for the Needy

New Eyes for the Needy Short Hills NJNew Eyes for the Needy in Short Hills, New Jersey celebrates its 75th Anniversary this year. It is a wonderful non profit organization that purchases new prescription glasses for poor children and adults in the US and recycles donated glasses for distribution for people in need throughout the world.

ABC highlighted New Eyes for the Needy this past weekend with questions answered by Susan Dyckman, the executive director and Clelia Biamonti, the president of the Board of Trustees.

New Eyes for the Needy has provided nearly a half-million people with the glasses they so desperately need in the US as well as 56 Countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Ghanna, Morocco, Nigeria and Uganda.

You can help New Eyes for the Needy by making a cash donation, donating your used eyeglasses, hearing aids, jewelry and gift-ware. A gift of just $60 will buy the glasses that can turn someone's life around.

Donors can give right on New Eyes website, www.neweyesfortheneedy.org.

New Eyes for the Needy
549 Millburn Avenue, Short Hills, NJ 07078
973-376-4903

Call Perri K. FeldmanWant to learn more about Short Hills and the surrounding communities of Livingston, Summit and Chatham? Call Perri K. Feldman @ 973.650.4727

Chatham New Jersey A GREAT Place to Live

Chatham NJ

Why do people love living in Chatham, New Jersey?

Here are my Top Five Reasons:

  1. Chatham Township was named the #1 Place To Live in New Jersey by NJ Monthly in 2007.
  2. Less than 40 minute commute into Manhattan via Midtown Direct Train Line and twenty minute drive to Newark/Liberty International Airport.
  3. Small town feel in spite of its close proximity to NYC with its quiet, safe, and friendly community.
  4. Exceptionally rated school district every year.
  5. High property values with carefully planned neighborhoods & beautiful, tree lined streets

To see the full list please visit NJ Real Estate Wire

Looking for a Home in Chatham? See all Chatham NJ Homes currently for sale

Call Perri K Feldman Contact Perri @ 973.650.4727 for a personal tour of homes for sale in Chatham, New Jersey

Keller Williams Homes are Selling

Keller Williams Realty out of Summit, New Jersey continues to grow with more agents coming on board each month. We are only three years old and the communites along and adjacent to the Midtown Direct train line have opened up their arms to us.

Why? Representing both Buyers and Sellers, Keller Williams home sales are closing...not easy in this economy.

Out of the eighteen homes sold in the Hartshorn Grade School area of Short Hills, NJ in August 2008, Keller Williams represented ten transactions:

ADDRESS

LIST PRICE

SALE PRICE

ASSESSED VALUE

CLOSING DATE

26 Keats Rd

$870,000

$871,000

$786,200

08/14

31 Briarwood Dr

$925,000

$999,999

$975,600

08/27

34 Quaker Road

$925,000

$935,000

$951,700

08/04

36 Spenser Dr

$975,000

$940,000

$959,500

08/26

78 Old Short Hills

$999,000

$960,000

$768,900

08/15

159 Tennyson Dr

$1,075,000

$1,075,000

$934,700

08/20

175 Western Dr

$1,150,000

$1,120,000

$1,058,300

08/18

38 Addison Drive

$1,200,000

$1,100,000

$985,200

08/22

25 Robert Dr

$1,275,000

$1,405,000

$1,316,800

08/12

181 Western Dr

$1,295,000

$1,250,000

$1,169,600

08/15

28 Dryden Terr

$1,395,000

$1,395,000

$1,019,400

08/04

50 Hemlock Rd

$1,395,000

$1,310,000

$1,385,500

08/22

15 Lee Terr

$1,729,000

$1,729,000

$1,426,700

08/15

100 Hemlock Rd

$1,750,000

$1,675,000

$1,838,300

08/15

14 Dorset Lane

$1,849,000

$1,800,000

$1,760,000

08/20

185 Western Dr

$2,095,000

$2,200,000

$2,041,900

08/27

81 Tennyson Dr

$2,750,000

$2,500,000

$2,322,200

08/18

123 Highland Ave

$3,750,000

$3,475,000

$3,247,500

08/20

Listed or Sold by Keller Williams Realty

Are you ready to buy a home in Short Hills? Or sell your Short Hills home? Contact Perri @ 973.650.4727 or Perri@MidtownDirectHomes.com.

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